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    14 hours ago

    That’s very optimistic. History shows that once a regime is established, power is consolidated, the media is in line and protests are repressed, ousting the regime and rebuilding democracy can take a long time.

    Russia had this level of obvious corruption and pillaging of state resources in the 90s, and where are they now?